Gross v. Ball

Opinion op the Court by

Creal, Commissioner

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

Clinton C. Ball, as the Democratic nomin.ee, and John B. Gross, as the Republican nominee, were rival candidates for the office of jailer of Harlan county in the general election held in November, 1933, and W. L. Bailey and Sarah Marlor were independent candidates for that office. On the face of the returns, as certified by the county election commissioners, Ball received ■8,212 votes, Gross 8,003, Bailey 692, and Marlor 94, .showing a plurality of 209 for Ball, who was accordingly awarded a certificate of…